fuera

Asturian

Alternative forms

• fuere

Verb

fuera

1. first-person singular pluperfect indicative of ser
2. third-person singular pluperfect indicative of ser
3. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ser
4. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ser

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Puter) sfuira
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan) fuira
• (Surmiran) foira
• (Vallader) sfuoira

Etymology

From Latin foria.

Noun

fuera f

1. (medicine, Sursilvan) diarrhea

Synonyms

• burga

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfweɾa/

Etymology 1

From fueras, from Latin forās, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door; gate”). Cognate with English foreign.

Adverb

fuera

1. outside

Derived terms

• afuera
• cambio y fuera
• estar fuera de fueras
• foráneo
• forastero
• fuera de combate
• fuera de control
• fuera de juego
• fuera de la ley
• fuera de lugar
• fuera de onda
• fuera de quicio
• fuera de serie
• fuera de servicio
• fuera de sí
• fuereño

 

Etymology 2

From active pluperfect conjugations of Latin verb sum, "I am".

Verb

fuera

1. First-person singular (yo) imperfect subjunctive form of ser.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperfect subjunctive form of ser.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) imperfect subjunctive form of ser.

Etymology 3

From active pluperfect conjugations of Latin verb eo, "I go", influenced by same conjugations of sum.

Verb

fuera

1. First-person singular (yo) imperfect subjunctive form of ir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperfect subjunctive form of ir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) imperfect subjunctive form of ir.

Further reading

• “fuera” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.